Woah...is that the going rate there? $25 is the lowest I have and it's tiny and 2 doors down from another account, otherwise it would be more. That's not exactly a poor area you're in...can't you get more?

Yeah, my minimum is $40 and I make 2 exceptions. The $25 one which is like 1,000 square feet and a $30 one that's really just a grassy parking area for a guest cottage that parks like 8 cars. They get a break because it's small, I do their main house too(they call it the Mother Ship, lol) and I get a lot of other work from them, over $3,000 this year to date.

There's a certain amount of time that goes into maintaining any account...customer contact, billing, collection, record keeping and of course getting there and firing up 3 or 4 pieces of equipment. When I started out 11 years ago I set my minimum at $30 but did offer a 10% senior discount, so I had some at $27. Over the years I bumped it to $35 and then $40. I really don't want any accounts that gross less than $1k/year although I have about 6 bi-weekly accounts that do.

Exactly, I am glad to hear my pricing isnt that far off, I have a lot less over head. I try to keep in check with my area as to not bring down the going rate. Seems to ne that $15 in kawi guys area is very low considering he is talking about a vacation home a lotPosted via Mobile Device

Woah...is that the going rate there? $25 is the lowest I have and it's tiny and 2 doors down from another account, otherwise it would be more. That's not exactly a poor area you're in...can't you get more?

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15-25 around here.

The yards are so small, some of the bigger guys cut some lawns with just 21" machines.

Exactly, I am glad to hear my pricing isnt that far off, I have a lot less over head. I try to keep in check with my area as to not bring down the going rate. Seems to ne that $15 in kawi guys area is very low considering he is talking about a vacation home a lotPosted via Mobile Device[/QUOTE

Exactly, I am glad to hear my pricing isnt that far off, I have a lot less over head. I try to keep in check with my area as to not bring down the going rate. Seems to ne that $15 in kawi guys area is very low considering he is talking about a vacation home a lotPosted via Mobile Device[/QUOTE